Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius

k 2017

Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius

KUNDT, Radek; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Peter MAŇO; Dimitrios XYGALATAS; Jan HORSKÝ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius

Authors

KUNDT, Radek; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ ; Peter MAŇO; Dimitrios XYGALATAS; Jan HORSKÝ; Martin LANG ; Jakub CIGÁN; Monika BYSTROŇOVÁ; Jan KRÁTKÝ and Benjamin G. PURZYCKI

Edition

The evolution of religion II: How Biology, Psychology and Culture Interact, 2017

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Presentations at conferences

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

Teorie morálních základů; Dotazník morálních základů; náboženská prosocialita; Mauricius

Keywords in English

Moral foundations theory; Moral foundations questionnaire; religious prosociality; Mauritius

Abstract

In the original language

Recent cognitive and evolutionary research focusing on the relationship between religion and morality investigates the various mechanisms religious systems use to regulate human social behaviour. One outstanding question regards what defines and shifts in-group/out-group boundaries. Previous studies suggest that beliefs in moralistic and punitive gods may contribute to the expansion of the social circle beyond kin and kith, though few have assessed the role moral cognition plays in this expansion. Using the moral foundations questionnaire (MFQ) and two behavioural economic games among Hindu participants from the ethnically and religiously diverse island of Mauritius, we conducted two field experiments to assess prosocial behaviour. The first measures biased rule-breaking (Random Allocation Game), and the second measures prosocial giving (Dictator Game). We predicted that the higher the MFQ binding score, the higher the donation to distant anonymous recipients. We report on the effects of moral profiles; and quantitative aspects of religious beliefs (degree of belief) and practices (frequency of ritual participation) on prosocial behaviour.

Links

EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project

Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

Cite

KUNDT, Radek; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Peter MAŇO; Dimitrios XYGALATAS; Jan HORSKÝ; Martin LANG; Jakub CIGÁN; Monika BYSTROŇOVÁ; Jan KRÁTKÝ and Benjamin G. PURZYCKI. Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius. In The evolution of religion II: How Biology, Psychology and Culture Interact. 2017.

@proceedings{1402960,
   author = {Kundt, Radek and Kundtová Klocová, Eva and Maňo, Peter and Xygalatas, Dimitrios and Horský, Jan and Lang, Martin and Cigán, Jakub and Bystroňová, Monika and Krátký, Jan and Purzycki, Benjamin G.},
   booktitle = {The evolution of religion II: How Biology, Psychology and Culture Interact},
   keywords = {Moral foundations theory; Moral foundations questionnaire; religious prosociality; Mauritius},
   language = {eng},
   title = {Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius},
   year = {2017}
}

TY  - CONF
ID  - 1402960
AU  - Kundt, Radek - Kundtová Klocová, Eva - Maňo, Peter - Xygalatas, Dimitrios - Horský, Jan - Lang, Martin - Cigán, Jakub - Bystroňová, Monika - Krátký, Jan - Purzycki, Benjamin G.
PY  - 2017
TI  - Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius
KW  - Moral foundations theory
KW  - Moral foundations questionnaire
KW  - religious prosociality
KW  - Mauritius
N2  - Recent cognitive and evolutionary research focusing on the relationship between religion and morality investigates the various mechanisms religious systems use to regulate human social behaviour. One outstanding question regards what defines and shifts in-group/out-group boundaries. Previous studies suggest that beliefs in moralistic and punitive gods may contribute to the expansion of the social circle beyond kin and kith, though few have assessed the role moral cognition plays in this expansion. Using the moral foundations questionnaire (MFQ) and two behavioural economic games among Hindu participants from the ethnically and religiously diverse island of Mauritius, we conducted two field experiments to assess prosocial behaviour. The first measures biased rule-breaking (Random Allocation Game), and the second measures prosocial giving (Dictator Game). We predicted that the higher the MFQ binding score, the higher the donation to distant anonymous recipients. We report on the effects of moral profiles; and quantitative aspects of religious beliefs (degree of belief) and practices (frequency of ritual participation) on prosocial behaviour.
ER  -

KUNDT, Radek; Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ; Peter MAŇO; Dimitrios XYGALATAS; Jan HORSKÝ; Martin LANG; Jakub CIGÁN; Monika BYSTROŇOVÁ; Jan KRÁTKÝ and Benjamin G. PURZYCKI. Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius. In \textit{The evolution of religion II: How Biology, Psychology and Culture Interact}. 2017.

Přehled o publikaci